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As to Ferrari being 0.5 seconds ahead of Mercedes, that's not media hyperbole, that Lewis Hamilton, and they're just reporting what he said.

Not sure, but did you read my thoughts from earlier? If I were Lewis Hamilton i would be saying *exactly this* after a testing week, regardless of real or perceived performance. Do you really think (honestly) the top teams have shown what they have got? Are Ferrari that confident they are pack leaders? I seriously doubt it.

Come on Jody, we do this every year. The media always says "Ferrari firm favourites going into Melbourne" (perhaps they genuinely do have an edge this year, "who knows" at this point). Yet recent history shows testing form in February counts for sweet f**k all come the opening weekend. This is why I'm a cynical, skeptical basta*d when it comes to smoke and mirrors winter testing times. Hype, hype, hyperbole and more hype.

Lets see where we are post Melbourne and we can all start making some judgements then.

Based on last season I'm expecting Ferrari and Mercedes to be very close in car performance. Lets use that as a jump off point rather than pointless speculation based on the last two weeks of Barcelona testing.